Filipino recipes - page 8

Aphrodisiac Food??that?s the theme of the Kulinarya Cooking Club challenge for the love month of February. It?s pretty sensible right? The sweetly and hotly (pun intended) celebrated Valentine?s Day or Heart?s Day is the most important occasion of the m

I believe the popularity of ?adobo? has already transcended into the subconscious mind of most Filipinos. I can say this because during times when our group can no longer think of a new viand, we would always settle with an ?adobo? dish ??? not really

This is quite an unusual but exciting ?sinigang? , the generic term that refers to highly varied Filipino stew flavored with any of the many types of natural souring agents such as tamarind, camias or ?calamansi? . The use of young or tender coconut in

I have featured this spicy viand before in a version cooked using lime juice and green finger chilies. Since I now have ?calamansi? or ?calamondin? (Philippine lemon) and ?siling labuyo? or bird chili which are the original ingredients in an authent

It has been a while since I last posted something on the delectable blue crabs or sea crabs or to be precise the blue swimming crabs of Asia known as ?alimasag? in the Philippines. While we usually have them for our Saturday seafood dinner, we always cook

When it comes to Filipino cuisine, I can say that adobo is the most versatile dish. You can cook adobo with almost anything...from seafood, poultry, pork and even vegetables. Adobong Sitaw ( String Beans Adobo ) is the most common veg

When I was blog hopping last week, my attention was caught by a recipe that I found on one of the blogs I recently discovered, Jenn Valmonte's " I Live To Eat ". Jenn is also a Filipina Foodie who shares her food trips and other related food articles o

Violet was apparently the ?in? color in the Philippines at the time I had my annual vacation last December 2010 to January 2011. Lots of mall rats (shoppers and roamers alike) were seen prominently sporting something in purple like shirts, blouses, bags,

Milkfish, referred to as ?Chanos chanos? in the scientific world is known in many parts of the world and called by many names such as ?vaikkaya? in Sri Lanka, "bangus" or "bangos" in the Philippines, ?sabalo? in Mexico and Spain, ?bandeng? or ?bandang? in

Last week, a reader who goes by the initials V.T., e-mailed me about this particular Filipino mussels soup dish that I forgot about. As I have said to V.T., this is one of my favorite classic Filipino dishes. Unlike a lot of Filipino dishes, this is one

?Ginataan?, sometimes spelled ?guinataan?, is the Filipino term for varieties of dishes cooked with coconut milk or ?gata? as it is called in the Filipino language. It literally translates to "cooked with coconut milk". The term is actually generic which

My mom loved cooking lengua (ox tongue) in mushroom sauce.Though some people consider any dish with lengua exotic or unusual, back in the Philippines, it is a favorite to many Filipinos. Lengua Estofada (sometimes called Lengua Estofado), a dish of Hispan

Atsarang Papaya ( Filipino Pickled Green Papaya ) is a famous appetizer in the Philippines. Though there are many variations of atsara (which refers to anything pickled) , green papaya version is the most popular to Filipinos. It's because papaya tr

Though I'm prone to allergic reaction, I must try again and again to taste the famous and the best Navarro's crab paste [taba ng talangka], a traditional specialty of Masantol, Pampanga. Made from shore crab meat fat, mixed with cane vinegar, iodized sa

Don?t get confused with the title. This is the same method of cooking I used in preparing ?paksiw na pata? or pork knuckle stewed in vinegar before. This time though, I will be using a leaner pork leg cut instead of ?pata? or hock and double the quantit

Since I m not too familiar with Filipino cuisine, I thought it would be nice to try something out of our norm. Daniel s friend Larry has a great recipe for Chicken Adobo and he shared it with us, which turned out to be much easier than it sounds! The best

Ingredients: 1/2 kg beef brisket 4 cups of water, add more if needed and 1/4 cup for cornstarch 2 tbsp Kikoman soy sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 star anise 2 tbsp onion , minced 1-2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp cornstarch ground p

We had leftover Rotisserie chicken, and all the siopao I made last Friday are gone...so I thought of making siopao again. But this time, chicken asado siopao. Since all the recipes I've found on the internet made use of all-purpose flour, I trie

As a variation to the traditional Filipino snack or ?merienda? or ?kakanin? called ?banana que? (referred to as ?sundot saging? in the Province of Batangas, Philippines and other nearby Provinces), ?kamote que? (can this be called ?sundot kamote??) was

?Sinunggaok? is a variation of the popular Filipino dish called ?dinuguan? or pork blood stew. This is a Southern Tagalog (Philippines) regional dish usually being prepared and served in the Batangas area and other neighboring provinces. It is just like

?Pangat?, sometimes referred to as ?pinangat?, is a Filipino dish made of fish poached in calamondin (?calamansi?) or lemon or in this case, lime juice with ginger and some spices. The dish is common in the Northern and Central part of the Luzon Island in

We have been cooking distinct variations of the known and well love Filipino dish ?adobo? lately. Just last week I prepared the ?adobong manok sa dilaw? which is basically a chicken adobo flavored with turmeric instead of soy sauce. Earlier before tha

Among the well-known spicy yet very yummy dishes of the Bicol Region of the Southern Philippines which elicit my appetite are ?Bicol Express? and ?Laing?. The two dishes are both basically vegetable entrees with some pork meat and/or select dried fish or

My mom loved cooking lengua (ox tongue) in mushroom sauce.Though some people consider any dish with lengua exotic or unusual, back in the Philippines, it is a favorite to many Filipinos. Lengua Estofada (sometimes called Lengua Estofado), a dish of Hispan